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Join our Circle of Support with a monthly gift.

Why:

Monthly giving breaks your investment into easy-to-manage amounts. Consistent giving helps CSF better plan student supports. Win-win!

Where your money goes:

Donations are used to provide direct coaching and support to help students prepare for and graduate from college. Our model is proven to increase graduation rates, making college accessible and affordable for students facing social and financial barriers.

Note that just $20 per month fills the funding gap and provides one student with a full year of CSF programming!

What’s next?

Circle of Support members become part of the CSF family. As family members, you understand that while talent is distributed equally, opportunity is not. CSF students have plenty of talent, and your gift helps bring better opportunities to these students every month.

Circle of Support members are recognized with:

  • an invitation to our annual celebration event. This is an opportunity to network with CSF staff, board members, students, and alumni and hear about the impact your donations are making.
  • early access, discounts and/or extra benefits added to existing ticketed events (such as a special treat in a meal kit bag), etc.
  • updates and CSF news stories featuring our amazing students, alumni, coaches, advisors, and advocates.
  • special recognition at events.

Start your monthly gift, and change the future for students. Thank you for your investment in educational justice.

Did you know that many companies offer a matching gift program to encourage philanthropy among their employees? And that some companies will even match gifts of spouses and retirees?

By asking your employer to match your donation, you may be able to double or even triple the impact of your gift! Contributions of any amount help us provide an education to underserved youth.

Please refer to your employer for necessary forms to request a matching gift.

Did you know that many companies offer employees the opportunity to make tax-deductible donations through payroll contributions?

Companies often match workplace giving donations which simplifies the process and increases impact. Some companies partner with third parties such as United Way Worldwide, Benevity, Your Cause, etc.

Please contact us if you are unable to locate College Success Foundation as the organization you wish to benefit from your workplace giving.

Combined Federal Campaign

Employees of government agencies can make contributions through the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC), and those agencies can also direct your contribution to CSF.

The CFC is the largest and most successful workplace charitable giving drive in the world. CFC is the only authorized charitable organization solicitation of federal employees in their workplaces. Through the annual CFC, members of the federal family demonstrate that their commitment to public service extends far beyond the workplace.

For more information about the CFC, visit their FAQ.

United Way

United Way Worldwide is a nonprofit organization that works with almost 1,200 offices throughout the country in a coalition of charitable organizations to pool efforts in fundraising and support. United Way’s focus is to identify and resolve pressing community issues and to make measurable changes in communities through partnerships with schools, government agencies, businesses, organized labor, financial institutions, community development corporations, voluntary and neighborhood associations, the faith community and others. The main focus areas include education, income, and health.

If your local United Way campaigns do not list College Success Foundation, you may write in College Success Foundation on the pledge card.

College Success Foundation Washington state: 15500 SE 30th Pl, #200 Bellevue, WA 98007

College Success Foundation District of Columbia: 1805 7th Street NW, Suite 500, Washington, DC 20001

Making a gift to College Success Foundation in the form of appreciated stock or mutual funds harnesses the power of your smart investment.

When you give appreciated stock that you’ve owned for more than one year, you can avoid capital gains tax and receive a charitable income tax deduction when you itemize.

Stock transfer instruction information:

Please contact CSF about your intentions and include your name, contact information, date and amount of your donation so that we can track and acknowledge it by calling 425-416-2017 or via email.

COLLEGE SUCCESS FOUNDATION
DTC# 0062 Account #27281800
Receiving Firm Contact:
Vanguard Institutional Advisory Services
P.O. Box 982901
El Paso, TX 79998-2901
480-713-8313

or

Fill out this instruction form for your broker.

Wire Transfer

Please contact CSF about making a donation via wire transfer by calling 425-416-2017 or via email.

Memorial Gifts

Dedicate your gift to College Success Foundation in memory of someone special. Your gift will help reduce disparity and provide education for all.

You can designate your gift to the fund of your choice. We will send a card to your loved one’s immediate family member notifying them of your gift.

Tribute Gifts

A donation to College Success Foundation is a unique way to honor an extraordinary person who has touched your life. Your gift can provide educational opportunity for young people who strive to reach their dreams. We work every day to change lives through education.

We will send a card to the person or family in whose name the donation was made.

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For more information, please contact us.

Planning your will can be overwhelming. But having a plan in place will not only ensure financial security for your loved ones, but also leave behind a meaningful legacy of charitable giving to causes you care about.

At College Success Foundation, we make it easy to incorporate planned giving into your will, so that your will or living trust has the power to support the future success of CSF Scholars.

Plan your future with FreeWill

To make the process of writing a will easier than ever, we have partnered with FreeWill to bring you a free online tool that helps you write a will in 20 minutes or less.

This tool will provide you with a complete legal document at no-cost. All you need to do is simply get it printed and notarized. During the document creation process, you will be prompted to consider charitable giving, but making a gift is not required to complete the will.

If you’d like to incorporate College Success Foundation into your will, get started today using this unique link for CSF supporters:

Start my will

If you have already named CSF in your will or planned gift, please fill out this form or contact us below so that we can properly recognize your commitment and offer our thanks.

If you have questions about leaving College Success Foundation in your will or would like to discuss any other estate or planned giving opportunities, such as the common options below, please contact us at:

Washington state: Peter Lutovsky, Director of Development, plutovsky@collegesuccessfoundation.org or 425-416-2006.

Washington D.C.: Maggie Nayyar, Director of Development, mnayyar@collegesuccessfoundation.org or 202-207-1805.


Are you interested in other types of planned giving?

Please download our Estate & Planned Giving Toolkit to learn about other ways of leaving a future gift that supports CSF Scholars.